10 Oct
2004
10 Oct
'04
9:34 p.m.
I'm looking
to acquire my first VAX system. I'm a youngin' who's
been cutting his teeth on OpenVMS through HP's TestDrive program,
and would like to have a box of my own.
I'd really like to track down a VAX 4000 unit, preferably a /300 or
higher. I'm not too picky about internals, I just need something to
get started on (hardware collecting wise).
Why a 4000/300 ? They are heavy, power hungry, not exactly fast, ...
Try to get a 4000/90 or 4000/60. much cheaper, SCSI drives, graphics, ...